10 Best Street Food Picks For Foodies In Delhi! Toeliner Sunday Special

Delhi and Delhi-ites are known as much for their insatiable appetites as they are for the unending variety of food found in the city. Any cuisine, Indian or international, you name it, we have it. But what really captures the essence of the city is the street food that changes colour and taste but gets only better with discovering the city.

Here is an (in)exhaustive list of the best of Delhi street food:

1.Chache Di Hatti Kamla Nagar

Riding on high on reviews that can even put 5-star restaurants to shame, Chache di Hatti is one of the oldest joints in the heart of the north campus of Delhi University. They are known for serving the best chole bhature in Delhi University’s North Campus. Stuffed, melt-in-mouth bhaturas with optimally spiced chhole and special pickled salad is gonna make you go mmmm. But one has to wait for a while here to be served, sometimes as long as an hour to get their own slice of heaven. Make sure to make a dash for this Delhi street food joint, for they sell out every day by noon!

Open Timings: 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: 32, Near All Smile Dental Clinic, Kamla Nagar, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 100

2. Juneja’s, Amar Colony Market, Lajpat Nagar

A tiny little shop tucked away in the busy Amar Colony Market, you can easily spot Juneja’s by the swarm of people huddled in their chaat corner for an evening cup of tea and steaming snack staples of samosa, gol gappas and chaat. Juneja’s is known for having an enormous variety of sweets, which are actually worth dying for, especially their warq laden barfis. A must visit place for the ones who crave for yummy Indian sweets to satisfy their sweet tooth.

Open Timings: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM

Location: Amar Colony, Lajapat Nagar, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 700

3. Prince Paan, Greater Kailash and Gurgaon

Stereotypes are not restricted to people but also to food. If you are a delhi street food enthusiast with an ironical knack for hygiene, look no further. Prince Paan serves an array of paan flavors like Butterscotch Paan, Strawberry Paan and even Paan ki Chaat! As for those obsessed with hygiene, they even serve Gol Gappe made in mineral water! Don’t miss their nimbu masala paan which is a raging hit among their regulars.

Open Timings: 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM

Location: M-29, Greater Kailash (GK) 1, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 250

4. Atul Chaat, Rajouri Garden

What was a run of the mill shop lost in the shoppers’ lanes of Rajouri Garden Market, is now a landmark for Delhi street food lovers. While the most popular treats are the aloo chaat and the tikki, it is the gol gappas and their sheer size that has every chaat lover raving about Atul Chaat. Since its inception eras back, this no frills outlet’s food is their one and only showstopper. Stop by at this popular delhi street food joint for a quick and affordable yet delectable bite.

Open Timings: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Location: H-44, Main Market, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 100

5. Roshan ki Kulfi, Karol Bagh

Shopping in the buzzing marketplace of Karol Bagh is incomplete without the quintessential lunch at Roshan ki Kulfi. The specialty of the outlet is, no points for guessing, the kulfi-faluda, which is particularly a respite in the blistering and intolerable heat of Delhi. It’ serves one of the best kulfis in Delhi. Another Delhi staple of chhole bhature with a long tumbler of lassi is what has all the customers smacking their lips.

Open Timings: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Location: 2816, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 500

6. Odeon/Shukla Pan Shop, Connaught Place

Named so because it is located straight from the plush Odeon theatre in Connaught Place, Shukla Pan Shop is probably the only place that can compete with Prince. The most popular speciality of this place is the chuski pan, and if you’re worried about staining your hands with the syrup, don’t fret. The paan is stuffed into your mouth with oodles of syrupy ice to give you the most flavoursome brain freeze. Abuzz with paan lovers from the city, the tiny shop also serves diet paan for the calorie conscious.

Open Timings: 10:00 AM – 12:30 AM

Location: 23, 1st Floor, Odeon Building, Radial 5, D Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 1300

7. Chaina Ram Sindhi Confectioners, Chandni Chowk

Every confectionary makes Indian sweets, but only few master them to the levels of becoming legends. Chaina Ram is one such legendary outlet in the Delhi street food business, that has been covered by major national dailies for their consistently mind-blowing sweets. While every mithai here is a showstopper, the jewel in the crown is the Karachi Halwa, loaded with dry fruits locked in an amber colored cube of sugar and cornflour.

Open Timings: 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM

Location: 6499, Fathepuri Chowk, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 200

8. Spice Aangan, SDA Market

Shawarma lovers, did you think we’d leave you stranded? With service faster than the speed of light and yet uncompromising on quality and light on the pocket, Spice Aangan leaves meat lovers asking for more. Melt in mouth meat, oozing with juices and flavors, the shawarma rolls are a departure from tradition, served with mayonnaise and green chutney, but that only adds to their charm. You’re sure to keep coming back for more, all the regulars do!

Open Timings: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM

Location: C-21/2, Opposite IIT Main Gate, SDA Market, SDA, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 450

9. Moolchand Parathewala, under Moolchand Flyover

Otherwise called as Paratha which is the staple food of many regions is also a famous unleavened flatbread in the Indian subcontinent. Paranthe in Delhi is an all-time snack that’s eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even evening tea time. There are famous shops also a lane that sells Paranthe in Delhi.

You need sleuth skills to spot this one. Nights of boozing and partying have sent Delhiites in search of filling and butter loaded parathas here. With no significant pointer to this place except a huge swarm of people, all Delhiites who love their parathas have been here in the late hours. This Delhi street food place serves the best parathas ever.

Open Timings: 9:00 AM – 11:30 PM

Location: Moolchand Metro Station, Lajpat Nagar 4, New Delhi

Cost for two: INR 300

Where else to eat: Gali Paranthe Wali, Not Just Parathas, Kake di Hatti

10. Khandani Pakode Wala, Malviya Nagar

The name itself suggests the heritage linked to this place. Khadani Pakodewala is one of the delhi street food joints where the quality of the food has not degraded with time. The crispy batter covering with the soft filling is still as scrumptious as before. Apart from the common potato, cauliflower and onion pakoras, they’re also made from paneer, baby corn and lotus stem too. For regulars, Khandani is akin to a foodie’s must stop on their way to or from Sarojini Nagar.

Open Timings: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Location: Shop 14-15, Central Market, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi